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The Tranquil mind (duos: soprano, mezzo-soprano with chamber ensemble)

by Ross Edwards

Audio Sample

Performance by Halcyon, Jason Noble, Geoffrey Gartner from the CD Kingfisher

Kingfisher

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CD

Kingfisher : songs for Halcyon.

Library shelf no. CD 2724 [Available for loan]

Work Details

Instrumentation: Soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, cello.

Duration: 4 min.

First performance: by Halcyon at Kingfisher - songs for Halcyon (Sculpture Terrace, Museum of Contemporary Art) on 23 Oct 2013

This song is one of a collection of chamber works under the title Kingfisher, Songs for Halcyon. The songs were gifts from the composers to celebrate 15 years of music-making by Australia’s leading ensemble for vocal chamber music.

A fabled bird identified with the kingfisher, the halcyon had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice. The composers took their inspiration from the word 'halcyon', each displaying their own unique voice in writing for singers and instruments. The 21 songs represent the cream of vocal composition in Australia and offer a lasting tribute to the relationships formed between Halcyon and the composers who have written for them over the years.

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The tranquil mind, by Ross Edwards

Recorded live at Halcyon concert 'This Kind of Life' on July 21, 2018 in Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Tranquil Mind, for two female voices, clarinet and cello, is a setting in English of a brief text from the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit poem of transcendent spiritual power, which takes the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and the Lord Krishna: The tranquil mind is like a flame in a windless place.

 

Performances of this work

21 Jul 2018: at Halcyon: This Kind of Life (Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music). Featuring Halcyon.

15 Mar 2014: at Kingfisher - Songs for Halcyon (Music Workshop, Sydney Conservatorium of Music). Featuring Halcyon.

23 Oct 2013: at Kingfisher - songs for Halcyon (Sculpture Terrace, Museum of Contemporary Art). Featuring Halcyon.

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